Contraction of how is. / Contraction of how has. / Contraction of how does.

Alternative spelling of hows; plural of how

Used to emphasise a particular quality

Used to ask someone to repeat something / (cricket) Used to make an appeal to the umpire as to whether the batsman is out or not / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see how, is, that.

(rare) Synonym of how's it going

plural of how

plural of howe

Alternative form of how (a tumulus, a bowl barrow).

The state or condition of how a person, object, or thing is.

(interrogative) To what degree or extent. / By what means. / With overtones of why, for what reason. / In what form, shape, measure, quantity, etc. / With what meaning or effect.